---
type: claim
domain: internet-finance
description: Configurable proposal slots with three-day default compress feedback loops in futarchy governance
confidence: experimental
source: MetaDAO Autocrat v0.1 proposal, December 2023
created: 2026-03-15
sourced_from:
- inbox/archive/internet-finance/2023-12-03-futardio-proposal-migrate-autocrat-program-to-v01.md
---

# MetaDAO Autocrat v0.1 reduces proposal duration to three days enabling faster governance iteration

The Autocrat v0.1 upgrade introduces configurable slots per proposal with a default of 3 days, explicitly designed to "allow for quicker feedback loops." This represents a significant reduction from previous implementations and addresses a key friction point in futarchy adoption: the time cost of decision-making. The proposal passed and migrated 990,000 META, 10,025 USDC, and 5.5 SOL to the new program, demonstrating community acceptance of faster iteration cycles. The architectural change makes proposal duration a parameter rather than a constant, allowing MetaDAO to tune the speed-quality tradeoff based on empirical results. This matters because governance mechanism adoption depends on matching decision velocity to organizational needs—too slow and participants route around the system, too fast and markets cannot aggregate information effectively.


### Additional Evidence (confirm)
*Source: 2025-10-15-futardio-proposal-lets-get-futarded | Added: 2026-03-15*

Coal's v0.6 parameters set proposal length at 3 days with 1-day TWAP delay, confirming this as the standard configuration for Autocrat v0.6 implementations. The combination of 1-day TWAP delay plus 3-day proposal window creates a 4-day total decision cycle.


### Auto-enrichment (near-duplicate conversion, similarity=1.00)
*Source: PR #1922 — "metadao autocrat v01 reduces proposal duration to three days enabling faster governance iteration"*
*Auto-converted by substantive fixer. Review: revert if this evidence doesn't belong here.*

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```


### Auto-enrichment (near-duplicate conversion, similarity=1.00)
*Source: PR #1939 — "metadao autocrat v01 reduces proposal duration to three days enabling faster governance iteration"*
*Auto-converted by substantive fixer. Review: revert if this evidence doesn't belong here.*

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```


### Auto-enrichment (near-duplicate conversion, similarity=1.00)
*Source: PR #1950 — "metadao autocrat v01 reduces proposal duration to three days enabling faster governance iteration"*
*Auto-converted by substantive fixer. Review: revert if this evidence doesn't belong here.*

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        "decisions/internet-finance/metadao-autocrat-migration-accepted-counterparty-risk-from-unverifiable-builds-prioritizing-iteration-speed-over-security-guarantees.md",
        "decisions/internet-finance/futarchy-governed-daos-converge-on-traditional-corporate-governance-scaffolding-for-treasury-operations-because-market-mechanisms-alone-cannot-provide-operational-security-and-legal-compliance.md"
    ],
    "reasoning": "The current claim is a near-duplicate of 'metadao-governance-migration-2026-03.md' as it describes the same March 2026 omnibus proposal with identical metrics and scope. The reviewer feedback explicitly states this is a duplicate and should be merged. The other two candidates are relevant for rerouting the enrichment and for a potential new claim about Squads multisig, respectively, as suggested by the reviewer."
}
```

---

### Additional Evidence (extend)
*Source: [[2026-03-25-metadao-omnibus-migration-proposal]] | Added: 2026-03-26*

MetaDAO's March 2026 'Omnibus Proposal — Migrate and Update' reached 84% pass probability with $408K in governance market volume, representing the highest-activity recent governance event. The proposal includes migration to a new autocrat program version and Squads v4.0 multisig integration, continuing the pattern where every autocrat migration addresses operational issues discovered post-deployment.


Relevant Notes:
- MetaDAOs Autocrat program implements futarchy through conditional token markets where proposals create parallel pass and fail universes settled by time-weighted average price over a three-day window.md
- futarchy adoption faces friction from token price psychology proposal complexity and liquidity requirements.md

Topics:
- [[_map]]
